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Patent GB-191302005-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Pencil Holding Means for Pencil Sharpeners.
Inventor: SPENGLER CHARLES CASPAR
IPC: B43L23/00
Filed: 1913-01-24
Granted: 1913-04-17
Abstract: 2005. Spengler, C. C. Jan. 24, 1912, [Convention date]. Pencil - sharpeners.- The pencil - holding means in a pencil-sharpener comprise spring- pressed gripping - jaws which are adapted to grip pencils of various sizes with substantially a constant force, thus ensuring that the requisite feeding - movement of the pencil towards the cutter will always be permitted. The gripping-jaws 19, Fig. 4, preferably of U - shape, are pivoted at one end 20 on an annular flange 16, and project through slots 15 in a rotatable sleeve 10 so as to grip the pencil A. The other ends 26 of the gripping-jaws are reduced in diameter to form shoulders 27 against which the ends of the springs 28 abut, the other ends of the springs bearing against a housing 17 attached to the flange 16. When a largesized pencil is placed between the jaws 19, the springs 26 are more compressed but the direction of the force exerted by them is more nearly parallel to the axis of the pencil; thus the gripping force on the pencil remains substantially constant. Specification 15,521/07 is referred to.
Patent GB-191304362-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Cinematograph Apparatus.
Inventor: MOON HENRY
IPC: G03B1/18
Filed: 1913-02-20
Granted: 1914-02-19
Abstract: 4362. Moon, H., Moon, H. H., and Moon, S. H. Feb. 20. Kinematograph apparatus.-In a film-centring device, the intermittently-driven member b is carried eccentrically in a casing c which serves as an oil bath and is secured to a plate d movable in a circular groove m concentric with the driving-shaft f, so that by rotation of the casing c adjustment of the axis of the intermittent member is obtained about the axis f of the driving-member.
Patent GB-191306183-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Egg-testing Devices.
Inventor: FRENCH SYDNEY HERBERT
IPC: G01N33/08
Filed: 1913-03-12
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 6183. French, S. H. March 12. Eggs, testing.-An egg-testing device comprises a tube tapered towards its outer end and composed wholly or partly of rubber or like resilient material. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the tube a is made wholly of rubber and is provided with a beaded edge at each end. One end is stretched over the lens of a portable electric lamp c, and the other is applied to the egg g to be tested. In other forms, the tube is of metal and is fitted at one or both ends with rubber extensions.
Patent GB-191307761-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Non-skid Devices for Elastic Wheel Tyres.
Inventor: MELLERSH-JACKSON WILLIAM JOHN
IPC: B60C27/00
Filed: 1913-04-02
Granted: 1913-12-24
Abstract: 7761. Jackson, W. J. Mellersh-, [Savini, G., and Poggiole, P.]. April 2. Tread bands.-A metal chain 2 rests on a leather or like tough pliable band 4 in a groove 1 of the tyre which may be pneumatic. The chain is arranged wholly below the tread surface of the tyre.
Patent GB-191310450-A (GB)
Title: Improved High Speed Rotary Folder.
Inventor: WALKER ARTHUR HENRY
IPC: B65H45/16
Filed: 1913-05-03
Granted: 1913-11-27
Abstract: 10,450. Walker, A. H., [Duplex Printing Press Co.]. May 3. Folding paper; set-off, preventing.-A rotary folding-machine, of the kind in which rotating blades on a folding and cutting cylinder are arranged to fold the cut sheets into folding- rollers arranged near the blade cylinder, is constructed with means whereby the folding-blades can be simultaneously adjusted on their cylinders. As shown, a cylinder 2 is fitted with cutting-devices 2<e> and impaling-pins 4<e> of usual construction, and with folding-blades 3, which are journaled in rocking plates 4, preferably three of these being employed, the outer plates 4 being fitted with segmental racks 4<b> gearing with teeth on a shaft 5, the end of which is square for receiving a tool for adjusting the positions of the plates 4 relatively to the cylinder 2. The plates are held in their set position by bolts 4<e> passing through slots in the plates 4 and screwing into the cylinder. One of the folding-rollers 8<a> is mounted in arms 8<b> on a rock shaft 8<c> controlled adjustably by arms 8<d> acted on by adjustable springs 8<g>, which are set so as to prevent set-off on to the rolls 8, 8<a>, and to allow sheets of varying number to be folded at one operation.
Patent GB-191328799-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and connected with Structures of Concrete and Apparatus therefor.
Inventor: AYLES WILLIAM JAMES
IPC: E04G11/10
Filed: 1913-12-13
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 28,799. Ayles, W. J. Dec. 13. Building blocks and slabs, special shapes of- Relates to recessed blocks or slabs for hollow walls. A mould for slabs, formed by boards b, Fig. 10, and partitions f connected by bolts d<1> is provided with distance-pieces h, supported in position by pins j, to form grooves in the edges, and cores f<1> to form recesses of rectangular or tapered shape in the back. The slabs m. Fig. 13, are made of different lengths and with grooves o and ribs of different widths to allow for bonding.
Patent GB-191329709-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Woven Wire Seats, Backs, Mattresses and the like.
Inventor: WOODS MAX
IPC: A47C7/32
Filed: 1913-12-24
Granted: 1914-11-19
Abstract: 29,709. Woods, M. Dec. 24. Spring surfaces. - In woven wire seats, backs, mattresses, &c. of the kind described in Specifications 19,361/12 and 10,700/13, the edge is secured by a rod or wire E which abuts against the rivets or studs C, or by turning down the serrated edges F of the U-bar B
Patent GB-191401973-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Turbines.
Inventor: MARTINEL CAMILLE JOSEPH
IPC: F02C5/12
Filed: 1914-01-24
Granted: 1914-07-16
Abstract: 1973. Martinel, C. J., Booth, J. E., and Sage, W. Jan. 24. Working-fluid supply.-A combined gas and steam turbine comprises a rotor driven by combustion products and provided with hollow blades. Water circulating in the hollow blades is vaporized and used to drive a second rotor. Air is compressed in a multi-stage centrifugal fan and passes by way of a conduit 10 to a series of combustion chambers B, Figs. 8 and 12, only one of which is shown, arranged in proximity to a two-stage turbine element C. At the entrance to each combustion chamber is a spring-controlled inlet valve 11, Fig 8. Fuel is admitted by way of a pipe 18 to an annular chamber 17 surrounding the casing of the valve 11 whence it is drawn by injector action into the combustion chamber. The combustion chambers comprise a carborundum inner lining 18<a>, Fig. 8, an asbestos or graphite outer lining 19, and a steel casing 20. Each combustion chamber is fitted with an expansion nozzle 23. The turbine element C comprises a rotor built up of parts 27, 31, 60 and provided with two rows of hollow blades 24, 24<a>, Figs. 9 and 12. The combustion products, after acting on these blades, pass to an exhaust conduit 40, Fig. 12. Water is admitted from a pipe 32 and passes by centrifugal action through a diaphragm check valve 34 to the interior of the first row of blades 24, where it is converted into steam ; it then passes into an annnlar channel 37 in the rotor and thence to the interior of the second row of blades 24<a> where it is superheated. The superheated steam passes by way of passages and ports 41, 42, 44, 45, and 46 to a steam rotor D mounted axially with the gas rotor. Balancing moving parts.-The nozzles 23, 46 are mounted on the left and right of their respective rotors in order to balance end thrust.
Patent GB-191405057-A (GB)
Title: Improved Method of Weaving Curved or Irregular Fabrics.
Inventor: JEAN MARIE DENIS
IPC: D03D3/00
Filed: 1914-02-26
Abstract: 5057. Denis, J. M. Feb. 28, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Fashioned fabrics.-Ribbons, laces, &c. are formed with curved edges by inserting supplementary picks of weft which extend only partly across the fabric. By using two or more shuttles, a fabric may be formed with straight portions q, Fig. 4, connected to two or more curved portions i. A fabric may also be formed with a straight portion o, Fig. 5, woven integrally with a curved strip p.
Patent GB-191409474-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Non-refillable Bottles.
Inventor: BUTLER GEORGE HEWITTE
IPC: B65D49/06
Filed: 1914-04-16
Granted: 1914-07-30
Abstract: 9474. Butler, G. H., and Couldery, G. A. April 16. Bottles, non-refillable.- A bottle with a valve weighted above also has a liquid trap above the valve device. The trap device consists of a central rod 11 to which are attached two semicircular disks 12, 13 connected by an intermediate piece 14. The disks and piece 14 fit the sides of the bottle closely. The top of the bottle is nearly closed by a disk 10 provided with an outlet 15. The valve 3 is conical and has a depression 5 to accommodate the point of a conical locking-piece 6. The outer top edge of the locking-piece usually contacts, as shown, with the bottom of the rod 11, but in the pouring-out position, the hollow part of the piece 8 slips over the end of the rod and allows the valve to open.
Patent GB-191412238-A (GB)
Title: Manufacture of Therapeutically Active Substances.
Inventor: NOEHRING RICHARD
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 12,238. N÷hring, R. June 13, 1913, [Convention date]. Amino compounds.-Therapeutically active substances are prepared by treating bile, preferably in diluted condition, with acid, filtering from the precipitate, and separating the active compounds from the filtrate by means of alkali.
Patent GB-191412275-A (GB)
Title: Improved Apparatus for Fixing a Watch, Jewel, or the like Object upon a Garment.
Inventor: SPILLMANN CHARLES RODOLPHE
IPC: G04B37/14
Filed: 1914-05-18
Granted: 1915-01-21
Abstract: 12,275. Spillmann, C. R. May 27, 1913. [Convention date]. Badge holders.-Relates to a device for attaching a watch, jewel, &c. to a garment. A casing c secured to the article is passed through an aperture in the garment, and a retaining-stud l is then screwed into engagement with it, the threaded shank k of the stud being received by internally threaded portions of the casing. The ends o of a spring-pressed catch in the casing are adapted to engage in recesses m in the stud head. In order to unscrew the stud, it is necessary first to disengage the catch by means of a push-piece q passing through the hollow shank k.
Patent GB-191412349-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Sectional Containers.
Inventor: HOWORTH FRANKLIN WISE
Filed: 1914-05-19
Granted: 1915-02-11
Abstract: 12,349. Howorth, F. W., [Lachman Manufacturing Co.]. May 19. Pasteboard and like barrels; collapsible barrels; barrels made from staves; lined and covered barrels; strengthening barrels heads.-Knock-down barrels and other containers have bodies composed of sections or staves 1, Fig. 1, of paper, pulp, &c., joined together by their edges being fitted in grooves in longitudinal stays 4, Fig. 4, of I-section. The web 6 and inner flanges 7 of the stays terminate some distance from the ends of the stays, thus forming ledges 15, on which the heads are seated. and flexible strips 8 adapted to be bent over the ends of the sections 1 to secure the heads. The sections 1 may be covered with thin sheet metal 2 on the outside or inside or both surfaces, the edges of the sheet metal being bent over to enclose the edges of the sections. The head comprises a paper disk 13 and a metal disk 9 formed with strenothening-ribs 10 and having its edge 12 bent over the ends of the sections 1 inside the ends 8 of the stays 4. An alternative form of head suitable for a container formed of uncovered sections comprises a paper disk with an annular metal rim having a flange seating on the ends of the body. A band on the end of the container may have a flange bent inwards to cover the ends of the sections. Any number of hoops 20 may be employed.
Patent GB-191415544-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to the Manufacture of Artificial Silks from Solutions of Acetate of Cellulose.
Inventor: WALTER VIEWEG
IPC: D01F2/28
Filed: 1914-06-29
Abstract: 15,544. Vieweg, W. June 28, 1913, [Convention date]. Void. [Published under Section 91 of the Act.] Carboxylates.-Artificial silk is prepared by squirting solutions of cellulose acetates in organic acid into strong basic aqueous solutions, such as soda lye and ammonia, and then treating the threads as usual.
Patent GB-191416419-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Means for Stowing and Launching Ships' Life-boats and the like.
Inventor: JONAS HENRY NATHANIEL
IPC: B63B23/04
Filed: 1914-07-09
Granted: 1915-01-14
Abstract: 16,419. Jonas, H. N. July 9. Stowing boats; boat-launching apparatus.-Relates to means for stowing and launching boats, of the kind in which the boats are stowed in compartments in the side of a ship where they will be readily accessible from the lower decks. A number of compartments A are provided with inner and outer water-tight doors C, C' arranged so that only one may be open at a time. Within the compartments A are stowed a number of boats on slips or runways ready to be launched by electricallyoperated means. In addition, a number of rafts G are also stowed in the compartments A. The launching-means may be operated from the bridge, and the doors connected mechanically or electrically to ensure that only one in each compartment is open.
Patent GB-191417805-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Side Splash Mud-guards for the Wheels of Motor or other Road Vehicles.
Inventor: MACPHERSON REGINALD GEORGE
IPC: B62D25/18
Filed: 1914-07-28
Granted: 1915-05-06
Abstract: 17,805. Macpherson, R. G., and Carr, F. W. July 28. Lateral-splash guards for the wheels of motor or other road vehicles comprise a metallic guardmember 10 suspended by two parallel arms 4, 7 of equal length pivoted respectively to the hub 2 of the wheel and to a fixed point 6 in advance of the hub, a pair of rollers 13 being mounted on the arm 4 and adapted to roll on the side of the wheel, and a third roller 15 being carried by the front of the guard-member to take any lateral pressure and transmit it through the inner rollers to the wheel. The arm 4 is pivoted to the member 10 at a point 8 situated opposite the wheel rim so that, as the arm swings, the rollers always transfer any lateral thrust to the rim. The rollers 13 are carried by the arm 4 on a bracket portion 4<x> fitted with a protecting-plate 4<y>, and the outer roller 15 is mounted on a bracket 14 fixed to the front of the guardmember by the pin 8 and bolts 17. To allow for vertical adjustment of the member 10, the pin 8 passes through a slot 18 and the bolts 17 and pivotpin 9 are adapted to engage one of a set of holes 19. The bracket 5 may be fixed to the axle, or carried by the hub and provided with a vertical guide-rod engaging a part such as the ordinary mud-guard. A flexible strip 11 may be used to increase the mud-catching area. According to the Provisional Specification, the strip may be adjustable in the guard-member, which may be of inverted T- section.
Patent GB-191420261-A (GB)
Title: Seam for Sewed Articles.
Inventor: FAIRWEATHER WALLACE
IPC: D05B93/00
Filed: 1914-09-28
Granted: 1915-07-08
Abstract: 20,261. Fairweather, W., [Singer Manufacturing Co.]. Sept. 28. Stitches and seams.-Relates to a seam for uniting and covering the abutted edges of fabrics, and particularly knit goods. Figs. 1 and 2 are views of opposite sides of two sections of fabrics x, y. The seam is composed of four primary threads a which extend mainly on the upper side of the fabric lengthways of the seam, loops being passed through the fabrics, a secondary thread b, loops of which are interlooped with primary thread loops, the secondary thread loops passing through one set of primary thread loops, and embracing separately the loops of the succeeding set of primary thread loops on the underside of the fabrics, and two crossed and sinuously-laid covering-threads c, d bridging the abutted edges and bound to the upper side of the fabrics by the primary threads a. The primary threads may be carried by four needles side by side
Patent GB-191421322-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Steam and Gas Turbines.
IPC: F01D9/04
Filed: 1914-10-21
Granted: 1914-12-10
Abstract: 21,322. Akt.-Ges. der Maschinenfabriken Escher, Wyss, & Cie. Oct. 23, 1913, [Convention date]. Nozzles.-In steam or gas turbines having guide-channels I, II, III, &c. of rectangular section and cut off obliquely at the outlet, as shown developed in Fig. 2, the portions 11, 8 of the blades a, b, c, &c. are made to diverge in the plane at right-angles to the paper, so that the outlets have the form shown in Fig. 9, the object being to render the issuing steam or other jets of rectangular cross-section at the plane C D of the rotor, as shown in Fig. 7. The application to a De Laval nozzle is shown in Figs. 10 and 11, the portion 24, 24<1> of the nozzle being made diverging as at 27, 31 and 28, 32.
Patent GB-191423642-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Ship's Windlass Cable Lifters, Chain Wheels and the like.
Inventor: GOULD WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B63B21/04
Filed: 1914-12-07
Granted: 1915-08-12
Abstract: 23,642. Gould, W. H. Dec. 7. Casting processes.-A ship's windlass cablelifter, or other chain-wheel, is formed with separate teeth C of wear-resisting material, which are placed in the mould in which the body of the wheel is cast, and are held by projections D around which the metal flows. Each tooth may have a securing-stud E. Specification 3915/11, [Class 80 (i), Gearing, Belt &c.], is referred to.
Patent GB-191424624-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Administering Oxygen to Persons in a State of Collapse by Asphyxiation or other Causes.
Inventor: DAVIS ROBERT HENRY
IPC: A61M16/00
Filed: 1914-12-24
Granted: 1915-07-29
Abstract: 24,624. Davis, R. H. Dec. 24. Respiration, appliances for promoting.-Apparatus for restoring the apparently drowned &c comprises a compressor for periodically forcing a charge of oxygen or air, or a mixture thereof into the lungs, and means for alternately allowing free exhalation due to the natural elastic recoil of the lungs &c. In one fnrm, Figs. 1 and 2, a piston pump a is connected by an intake pipe b with a gas-bag d provided with a valve-controlled air inlet d<3> and an oxygen inlet d'. The delivery pipe c of the pump is connected with a face mask f, which is of the type described in Specification 23,021/13 and is fitted with tongue forceps g. The mask is also fitted with an exhalation pipe h, the outlet of which is controlled by a valve i which slides in a tubular guide and is raised by a spring-controlled trigger l on the piston-rod a' during the suction stroke of the pump. A trippiece and stop m adjustable on the guide limits the stroke of the piston and releases the valve i, so that it drops and closes the exhalation tube during the delivery stroke of the pump. Fig. 5 shows a modification, in which the piston pump is replaced by a bellows.
Patent GB-191503295-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to Stone Breaking and Ore Crushing Machines.
Inventor: BAXTER WILLIAM HENRY
IPC: B02C1/04
Filed: 1915-03-02
Granted: 1915-08-05
Abstract: 3295. Baxter, W. H. March 2. Crushers with vibrating jaws. - Relates to the arrangement of knife-edge bearings at the lower end of the pitman. A knife-edge x at the intersection of the centre lines of the toggles k is fixed by soft-metal fillings in a dovetailed recess y in the pitman, and bears on a distance-piece 2 which can swing in a flared recess w in the pitman. At the lower edge of the distance-piece is a knife-edge coinciding with the intersection of the centre lines of the draw-back rods n and hearing upon the casting 7 to which those rods are holted.
Patent GB-191505731-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in connection with Portable Primary Batteries or Cells.
IPC: H01M6/30
Filed: 1915-04-16
Abstract: 5731. Elliott, C. H., and Solectric Co. April 16. Absorbents; cases; cells; electrolytes; gas exits.-A portable battery for a flash lamp or the like has the zinc cells fitted with removable caps e so that, when required for use, the cells can be filled with electrolyte from an air-tight collapsible tube, the carbons with the surrounding depolarizer being then inserted and the connexions completed. The caps e may be of waxed paper. In the construction shown, zinc cells b<1>, b<2>, b<3> stand on impregnated insulating paste in compartments of a case of oiled paper or cardboard, made in upper and lower sections a, i. The depolarizer c is compressed around the carbons d and enclosed in canvas. Connexion with the carbons is made by spring caps f, and with the zinc cells by spring strips g, preferably integral with the caps f. The spring caps f may be secured to the upper part of the case by hollow rivets serving as gas exits. The electrolyte may consist of starch paste, impregnated with a solution of salammoniac; there may be added small proportions of zinc or mercuric chloride, or both, and agar-agar. Glycerine may replace zinc chloride.
Patent GB-191507936-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Hand Irons.
Inventor: WAITE JOHN NEWMAN
IPC: D06F75/02
Filed: 1915-05-28
Abstract: 7936. Waite, J. N. May 28. Fluid-heated hand-irons; oil and spirit handirons.-The iron is formed with an outer chamber a containing water, and an inner chamber b which receives a self-contained heater, for example, all oil or spirit stove c. A perforated sliding door d forms a closure for the chamber b, while ventilating-tubes f assist in maintaining combustion in the chamber. A tube with a perforated cap j permits the chamber a to be filled with water and allows steam to escape
Patent GB-191516088-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Gas Producers.
Inventor: NELSON LIONEL
IPC: C10J3/00
Filed: 1915-11-15
Abstract: 16,088. Nelson, L., [Assignee of Cambridge, A. S.]. May 20, [Convention date]. Grates.-In a gas-producer of substantially oblong section, a conical or prismatic grate 8 rests on brickwork 7.
Patent GB-191516516-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or connected with Electric Batteries.
Inventor: BEAUMONT FREDERICK JOHN
IPC: H01M50/50
Filed: 1915-11-23
Abstract: 16,516. Beaumont, F. J. Nov. 23. Connexions; connexions to carbons.-The positive and negative poles of two cells are connected together by a T- or H-shaped piece of metal. As shown in Fig. 1, the zinc element A is formed with a T-shaped lug B, which is adapted to be bent round the carbon C, Fig. 5, of the adjacent cell, where it is held in place by a rivet D. Fig. 4 shows an H-shaped connexion adapted to be bent round both the zinccontaining vessel H of one cell and the carbon rod C of the other cell, as shown in Fig. 6. In Fig. 7, the T-shaped piece B is shown riveted at F to a lug on the zinc element A. The connecting-piece may be of brass or zinc, and in the latter case it may surround, or be surrounded at its junction with the carbon element by a brass collar for strengthening purposes.
Patent GB-191517195-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in and relating to Electromagnetic Switches.
IPC: H02P1/20
Filed: 1915-12-07
Abstract: 17,195. British Thomson-Houston Co., [Electric Controller and Manufacturing Co.]. Dec. 7. [Addition to 20,534/11.] Electro-magnetic switches.-In the lock-out switch described in the parent Specification, sluggish action due to residual magnetism is avoided by introducing into the magnetic material of the magnetic circuit a layer or sleeve of non-magnetic material. In the construction shown, the adjustable magnetic plug 19, instead of screwing directly into an opening in the magnetic frame 1, screws into a non-magnetic bushing 21, for example of brass, secured in the opening. The lower end of the movable armature 5, 20 fits freely within the hollow plug and is covered by a tube 6 of nor-magnetic material held in position by pressing a ring portion into a groove. on the lower end of the armature. The non- magnetic extension 7 of the movable armature carries a contact plate 8 adapted to engage with the fixed contacts 14. The energizing-winding 11 is held between annular ridges on a supporting- tube 22.